Christmas in the South

This Christmas Break was very different than any Christmas Break I have ever experienced. For the first time, I didn't actually have a break. I worked the entire break, except for Christmas Eve and Day. Jed on the other hand had school off and was getting a much deserved break. He just finished his first semester at SCO and did extremely well. We still made gingerbread houses (memphis style) and decorated the house for Christmas! It was the first year we had our own house to put lights on. Oddly we were the only ones in the neighborhood!

With the girls out of school I had to get really creative with what we did. Luckily Jed joined us a lot of the time. We had a lot of fun doing winter activities (well as winter as you can get with 70 degree weather).

So to make the most of our two day break and holiday we headed to Nashville to stay with the Ramsay's. Zoey went with us and it was the first long car ride she had ever been on. It actually went really well once she calmed down.

The weather was abnormally warm with a 75 degree Christmas day. Jed and Josh played tennis outside on Christmas Eve! For Christmas Eve dinner we went out to eat at O'Charlies with some gift card from Jed's mom and dad. I had never done that before but it was really nice not having to do any dishes! We did our own little version of the Christmas story with our limited characters but it still made for a very spiritual night.

The next morning on Christmas day little Nora and Emma were very excited to open presents and it was really fun to watch them. Unfortunately just a little after we started Nora ended up getting really sick. It was so sad to see a little girl not wanting to open anything on Christmas. Because it was all adults we were fine waiting to open presents until she felt better. It actually made the Christmas spirit last a little longer because we stretched the festivities out until 5 pm.
Jenny made a delicious Christmas ham and it was seriously so fun being with them. We feel so blessed to have them so near.

Fanz gear for Christmas!

Zoey did really well with the little girls. The only trouble she caused was when we swallowed a giant chunk of the ham bone. We never did see it again but we are assuming all is well.